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In its original inception in Genealogy of the Holy War, the Duke Knight class is introduced as the promoted form of the Lance Knight class, wielding Lances as its sole weapon of choice.

In Thracia 776, the Duke Knight class, like all other mounted classes, is forced to dismount from its steed in indoor chapters. When dismounted, Duke Knights lose the ability to wield Lances and are locked to wielding Swords instead.

In Genealogy of the Holy War, Duke Knights have much higher Strength than Paladins, but their Skill and Speed are slightly lower. They have an A rank in Lance proficiency.

In Thracia 776, Duke Knights are outclassed by Paladins in every way because of a new weapon rank system, both classes having the same stat caps, and the dismounting feature makes them both switch exclusively to swords dismounted.

In Berwick Saga, Duke Knights are the best cavalry unit available to the player army. The class caps its spear skill at 60, making it one of the few classes with a cap above 50 and the only playable class with a Spear rank that high. This means Duke Knights will have a critical bonus for each Spear point above 50, such as a Duke Knight with a 60 Spear rank having a 10% critical bonus. Along with Lance Knights, Duke Knights are the only playable class able to use the Lance subweapon type. Their sword cap reaches 30, making them able to use that weapon competently as well. The class has 50 cap in both small and medium shields. All in all, Duke Knight is a powerful class, offset only by its rarity.